Challenge: Shooting at night

- Hey everyone.Welcome to day four of the street photography challenge.Today's challenge, or shall I say tonight's challengeis the city at night.And the city at night can be interpreted in different ways.I mean I tend to include sort of a twilight hourwhere you get the magic of the night in the city,but you've also got a little bit of fill lightwhere there's still some ambient light there.But you know, it's really unlimited.What I love about night shooting on the streetis everything takes on just a whole new look and atmosphere,and there's just no shortage of subject matter.

Now I'm in New York City,and of course there's a lot going on here.But it doesn't matter where you are,or how small a town you're in.The night provides kind of a mysteryand a magic all it's own.So your challenge is to figure out a wayto come up with some sort of night scenethat captures the mood and atmosphereof the place that you are shooting in.So, I'm really looking forward to what you guysare going to come up with.And you can see my solution to day four's challenge,the city at night in the next movie.So, happy shooting and be careful out there,it's night time.

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10/19/2015

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10/12/2015

Take a five-day photo challenge that will help you look at your city and the people who live there in new ways. Author Steve Simon provides five challenges: working with light and reflections, isolating subjects, shooting at night, and overcoming nervousness by approaching strangers. He shares his own solutions as he works the streets of New York City, but you can follow along from anywhere. At the end of each day, remember to share your work with Lynda.com's community of photographers using the hashtag #5DayPhoto.